War, guns, murder, fat, shame. Is there a day that goes by that you aren’t in the midst of far-flung negativity and depressed energy? Responding with love and positive action is what we all hope will be our default, but what if something else is coming up?

On Facebook there are debates, on Instagram there is skinny AND fat shaming, and in your own mind there is a machine spitting out crippling sentences that didn’t even originate from your own being.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been observing this food fight for the past few weeks and really seeing what goes on in my body and in my mind. The more awareness I gain, the more I can actually see it happen. In real time.

It’s illuminated why I don’t wear a certain dress anymore and why I haven’t reached out to a new potential marketing partner. It’s the voices and the news around me that say: “you aren’t good enough for that.” Even with all of my years of enlightened practices, they still appear.

There is an up side to this though, it’s that I can see them. I can follow their arch across my mind and I can now see the reaction in myself that is not grabbing that dress, not calling that person, not getting in my car and going after that opportunity. I can see the pattern and that means that it no longer runs me unconsciously.

I am now the observer. And my response can be a conscious one.

The bars of the cage are being dismantled one by one and my only job is to notice them fall.

So if you are experiencing pain, discomfort, hyper-sensitivity, depressed mood, or any other feeling related to the news, your thoughts, or other surfacing trauma, know that your job is to watch it come up and wave goodbye as it leaves you.

You don’t have to do anything else.

The magnet will drag it to the surface and the wind will carry it away for you.

Once you are freed of the density, more of your natural loving response will appear. You’ll feel less bogged down and have much more energy to respond in a light and helpful way. There is no right or wrong here, by the way. So try and stay away from judgment of either scenario.

Optional homework for this observational assignment is to hold a party for yourself. Congratulate yourself for carrying such a load. You contributed to the clearing of humanity with your loyal duty to those destructive thoughts. And you deserve a reward.

Better yet, pass this message on to a friend. Tell them that they have done their work and now they get to relax.

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Hi Linda, I’m with you! I don’t watch the news or read the newspaper either. I even have the News Feed Eradicator for Facebook on my desktop computer so I don’t get sucked into an endless stream of other people’s stuff. (I did keep it on my phone). But lately it has not mattered. I still hear about Isis and about people being killed. And it’s been rattling some old things inside of me. It’s also showing me how I feel about tragedy and terrorism and governments. It’s informing me of where I stand. I love that you don’t do drama. You are a pillar for others. <3

I love this: “Be the version of you that lives beyond your thoughts.” YES! My thoughts lately have been a lot of self-doubt, replaying what someone said and making it mean more than what they actually meant about me, and so on. What a relief to remember that I don’t have to try and change or stop the thoughts, because I am not the thoughts! I am just the observer and can watch them as they float by, releasing them to continue on their way. Thank you for this reminder, Rachel! ❤️

OMG!! This message came in the exactly right time!! I have been under so much self doubt without any “personal reason”. Really. My life is awesome and exciting now and yet there is something inside of me that is so conflicting. I started to doubt things that I never doubted before. I have been doing all that I know to do and is still lingering.I will take your suggestion and just observe it now.

Thank you so much Rachel!! I’m so looking forward for next year to complete the program 🙂
Flavia

Cool, thanks for sharing amd reminding me Im NOT alone and that we are all in this together. Also, even with awareness these feelings are powerful, I did a lot of writing last night, help to process, understand and let go. Finally, holding a space for the negativity/feelings and no matter how tough it get I remind myself, this too will pass.